How to Create a Shape Tween in Flash

The shape tween in Flash can be used to transform shapes with ease. You can make a triangle a circle, a trapezoid a parallelogram, or a humpback whale a bottle of mustard with a few clicks of the mouse. Read on to find out how to do this cool effect.

Support for Adobe Flash ends in December 2020. After that time, it will no longer be possible to use Flash.


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Adobe Flash Player has been discontinued, and stopped functioning on January 12th, 2021. (Posted 2021-01-12).


Steps

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    Open Flash If it is not on the start menu or on the desktop, you can find it on Computer at Boot drive\Program Files\Macromedia\(Macromedia) Flash (version).
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    Draw the first shape.
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    Insert a new keyframe To do this, right click (control click for Macintosh computers) the current keyframe and click insert keyframe.
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    Draw the second image on the second keyframe. This is what the first image will morph into.
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    Reselect the first keyframe.
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    Right click on the first keyframe and choose Create Shape Tween.
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    Set the ease There should be a little slider that appears under the menu afterwards. The higher the ease is, the faster it will go at the start and the slower it will go at the end. 0 indicates no ease.
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    Drag the second keyframe to however many frames you want the tween to be.
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Warnings

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